1983 Montreal Expos season

1983 Montreal Expos
1983 Montreal Expos
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Olympic Stadium
City	Montreal
Record	82–80 (.506)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Charles Bronfman
General managers	John McHale
Managers	Bill Virdon
Television	CBC Television; (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider); Télévision de Radio-Canada; (Jean-Pierre Roy, Raymond Lebrun)
Radio	CFCF (English); (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch); CKAC (French); (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)

The 1983 Montreal Expos season was the 15th season in franchise history. They finished 82–80, 8 games back of the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East. At the end of the season, the Expos had managed the best cumulative winning percentage in the National League from 1979 to 1983.^[1]

Offseason

November 3, 1982: Bobby Ramos was purchased by the Expos from the New York Yankees.^[2]
December 23, 1982: Woodie Fryman was signed as a free agent with the Expos.^[3]
February 7, 1983: Jerry Manuel was traded by the Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Butch Benton.^[4]
March 31, 1983: Ken Phelps was purchased from the Expos by the Seattle Mariners.^[5]

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their seventh season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

April 17, 1983: Andre Dawson became Nolan Ryan's 3500th strikeout.^[6]
April 27, 1983: Nolan Ryan of the Astros struck out Brad Mills to break Walter Johnson's all time mark for strikeouts in a career. Mills was the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan's career.^[6]

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	—	50‍–‍31	40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	.519	6	41‍–‍40	43‍–‍38
Montreal Expos	82	80	.506	8	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals	79	83	.488	11	44‍–‍37	35‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19	43‍–‍38	28‍–‍53
New York Mets	68	94	.420	22	41‍–‍41	27‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1983 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	12–6	11–7	7–11	7–5	8–4	7–5	6–6	9–9	9–9	7–5
Chicago	7–5	—	4–8	5–7	6–6	7–11	9–9	5–13	9–9	5–7	4–8	10–8
Cincinnati	6–12	8–4	—	5–13	7–11	4–8	7–5	6–6	6–6	9–9	10–8	6–6
Houston	7–11	7–5	13–5	—	6–12	8–4	9–3	4–8	6–6	11–7	12–6	2–10
Los Angeles	11–7	6–6	11–7	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	11–1	6–6	6–12–1	5–13	9–3
Montreal	5–7	11–7	8–4	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10–1	8–10	8–4	8–4	9–9
New York	4–8	9–9	5–7	3–9	5–7	10–8	—	6–12	9–9	6–6	5–7	6–12
Philadelphia	5-7	13–5	6–6	8–4	1–11	10–8–1	12–6	—	11–7	5–7	5–7	14–4
Pittsburgh	6–6	9–9	6–6	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	7–11	—	9–3	6–6	10–8
San Diego	9–9	7–5	9–9	7–11	12–6–1	4–8	6–6	7–5	3–9	—	11–7	6–6
San Francisco	9–9	8–4	8–10	6–12	13–5	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–6	7–11	—	4–8
St. Louis	5–7	8–10	6–6	10–2	3–9	9–9	12–6	4–14	8–10	6–6	8–4	—

Notable transactions

May 4, 1983: Chris Welsh was purchased by the Expos from the San Diego Padres.^[7]
June 6, 1983: Cliff Young was drafted by the Expos in the 5th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.^[8]
June 18, 1983: Sergio Valdez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Expos.^[9]
August 17, 1983: Don Carter (minors) and $300,000 were traded by the Expos to the Cleveland Indians for Manny Trillo.^[10]
September 27, 1983: Greg Harris was selected off waivers by the Expos from the Cincinnati Reds.^[11]

Roster

1983 Montreal Expos

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

25 Mike Fuentes
1 Wallace Johnson

Manager

7 Bill Virdon

Coaches

36 Galen Cisco (Pitching)
2 Billy DeMars (Hitting/Third Base)
40 Joe Kerrigan (Bullpen)
9 Vern Rapp (First Base)
22 Mel Wright (Unknown-Died on May 16, 1983)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Gary Carter	145	541	146	.270	17	79
1B	Al Oliver	157	614	184	.300	8	84
2B	Doug Flynn	143	452	107	.237	0	26
SS	Chris Speier	88	261	67	.257	2	22
3B	Tim Wallach	156	581	156	.269	19	70
LF	Tim Raines	156	618	183	.298	11	71
CF	Andre Dawson	159	633	189	.299	32	113
RF	Warren Cromartie	120	360	100	.278	3	43

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bryan Little	106	350	91	.260	1	36
Terry Francona	120	230	59	.257	3	22
Jim Wohlford	83	141	39	.277	1	14
Manny Trillo	31	121	32	.264	2	16
Bobby Ramos	27	61	14	.230	0	5
Mike Vail	34	53	15	.283	2	4
Terry Crowley	50	44	8	.182	0	3
Mike Stenhouse	24	40	5	.125	0	2
Ángel Salazar	36	37	8	.216	0	1
Jerry White	40	34	5	.147	0	0
Brad Mills	14	20	5	.250	0	1
Tim Blackwell	6	15	3	.200	0	2
Gene Roof	8	12	2	.167	0	1
Mike Fuentes	6	4	1	.250	0	0
Wallace Johnson	3	2	1	.500	0	0
Razor Shines	3	2	1	.500	0	0
Mike Phillips	5	2	0	.000	0	0
Tom Wieghaus	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Steve Rogers	36	273.0	17	12	3.23	146
Bill Gullickson	34	242.1	17	12	3.75	120
Charlie Lea	33	222.0	16	11	3.12	137
Scott Sanderson	18	81.1	6	7	4.65	55

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bryn Smith	49	155.1	6	11	2.49	101
Ray Burris	40	154.0	4	7	3.68	100
Chris Welsh	16	44.2	0	1	5.04	17
Randy Lerch	19	38.2	1	3	6.75	24
Greg Bargar	8	20.0	2	0	6.75	9

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jeff Reardon	66	7	9	21	3.03	78
Dan Schatzeder	58	5	2	2	3.21	48
Bob James	27	1	0	7	2.88	56
Woodie Fryman	6	0	3	0	21.00	1
Tom Dixon	4	0	1	0	9.82	4
Rick Grapenthin	1	0	1	0	9.00	3

Awards and honours

Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove
Tim Raines, National League Stolen Base Leader, 90^[12]

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Wichita Aeros	American Association	Felipe Alou
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Rick Renick
A	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	Tommy Thompson
A	Gastonia Expos	South Atlantic League	J. R. Miner
A-Short Season	Jamestown Expos	New York–Penn League	Moby Benedict
Rookie	Calgary Expos	Pioneer League	Ed Creech

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Gastonia

Notes

^ Kiss Em Goodbye: An ESPN Treasury of failed, forgotten, and departed teams, p.183, Dennis Purdy, Ballantine Books, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-345-52012-8
^ Bobby Ramos at Baseball Reference
^ Woodie Fryman at Baseball Reference
^ Jerry Manuel at Baseball Reference
^ Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
^ Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference
^ Cliff Young at Baseball Reference
^ Sergio Valdez at Baseball Reference
^ Manny Trillo at Baseball Reference
^ Greg Harris at Baseball Reference
^ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

1983 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
1983 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac

[1] Kiss Em Goodbye: An ESPN Treasury of failed, forgotten, and departed teams, p.183, Dennis Purdy, Ballantine Books, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-345-52012-8

[2] Bobby Ramos at Baseball Reference

[3] Woodie Fryman at Baseball Reference

[4] Jerry Manuel at Baseball Reference

[5] Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference

[autogenerated1-6] "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.

[7] Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference

[8] Cliff Young at Baseball Reference

[9] Sergio Valdez at Baseball Reference

[10] Manny Trillo at Baseball Reference

[11] Greg Harris at Baseball Reference

[12] Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac

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